Oregon stag beetle
The Oregon stag beetle is a small stag beetle from western North America. It has a black head and shiny blue wing cases. Its jaws are longer than its head and curve gently upwards.
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Fun facts
In one area on the coast of Oregon, the beetles have black and green wing cases instead of blue.
Only 16 of these beetles are kept in museums and labs, spread over six places.
Its babies eat rotting wood from maple, madrone, oak, alder and other trees.
It was first described in 1844 by John O. Westwood, from beetles found in Oregon.
Most asked questions about Oregon stag beetle
?What does the Oregon stag beetle eat?
Its babies eat soft rotting wood. They do not harm living trees.
?How big is the Oregon stag beetle?
About 1 to 1.5 centimetres long. Males are a little bigger than females.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Platycerus oregonensis
- Named by
- Westwood, 1844
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Lucanidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Lucanidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Platycerus oregonensis (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Marcel Pepin (marcel_pepin). CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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